Can Python write foreign characters to the console?

[Sibylle Koczian]

Martin v. Löwis schrieb:
> Michel Claveau wrote:
> 
>>Hi!
>>
>>I have a problem, under win-XP, with this code :
>>
>># -*- coding: cp-1252 -*-
>>
>>import sys
>>print u"Martin v. Löwis"
>>print "€ for Noël"
>>print u"€ for Noël"
>>sys.exit()
>>
>>==> "Python a provoqué une erreur"
>>
>>
>>Am I the only one to have that?
> 
> 
> 
> P.S. I never get "Python a provoqué une erreur". Not sure where
> this message comes from.

That's the french equivalent to the german
"python.exe hat ein Problem festgestellt und muss beendet werden."
Coming from Windows, I don't know the english version. I get this if I 
don't correct the "coding: cp-1252".

Regards,
Koczian

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